Every incentive category available to New York building owners — boilers, insulation, water heaters, air sealing, and controls — with the equipment specs each one requires. Hover any card for specifications.
Replace aging steam or hot-water boilers with condensing units at 90%+ AFUE and capture the largest single rebate National Grid offers to NYC buildings.
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The Total Home Comfort Program covers up to 80% of professional attic insulation costs — the fastest payback of any envelope upgrade.
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Dense-pack and cavity wall insulation rebates covering up to 60% of project costs for wood-framed and masonry walls.
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Professional whole-building air leakage testing and sealing — the multiplier that makes every other upgrade perform.
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Indirect and high-efficiency gas water heaters qualify for direct rebates plus long-term fuel savings.
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Building management controls, smart thermostats, and boiler reset controls that cut runtime without touching comfort.
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95%+ AFUE condensing furnaces with ECM blower motors qualify for equipment rebates across the National Grid service territory.
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Complete the building envelope — insulate floors over unconditioned space and basement walls to R-19 or better.
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Measures stack — most buildings qualify for three or more rebates on a single project.
Request a free incentive reviewILLUSTRATIVE AMOUNTS FROM PUBLISHED PROGRAM RANGES, LAST VERIFIED JULY 2026 — RATES CHANGE BETWEEN CYCLES AND ARE CONFIRMED AT YOUR REVIEW. INDEPENDENT GUIDE, NOT AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL GRID.
A real 7-story pre-war Brooklyn walk-up. The pointer works like a thermal camera — hover any measure to insulate that part of the building and watch the loss stop.
FIG. 02 — 7-STORY PRE-WAR, BROOKLYN
Envelope work is what utility programs fund most aggressively, because it cuts gas demand permanently and cannot be undone by a tenant turning up a thermostat.
M-01
Blown-in above the top floor · target R-38 or better
In a walk-up or row building, the top-floor ceiling is where most heat leaves. Cellulose or fiberglass is blown in above the top floor from the attic or cockloft, so nothing inside the apartments is disturbed and no tenant has to move out. This is the single largest line item in an envelope project because incentives are paid on roof area — and it is the measure with the fastest payback.
M-02
Injected into the wall cavity · no demolition
Dense-pack insulation is injected into existing wall cavities through small access holes that are patched and sealed afterward. There is no gut work, no exposed framing, and no loss of interior square footage. Masonry and frame walls are handled differently, and a review determines which method the wall assembly can take.
M-03
Basement, perimeter, common areas, distribution piping
Air sealing is the multiplier — it makes every other measure perform as specified. Basement rim joists, pipe and duct penetrations, stair and shaft openings, and the perimeter are sealed, then exposed heating pipe is insulated. On a steam system, insulating distribution piping alone recovers heat that was being dumped into an unconditioned basement.
Heating equipment — boilers, water heaters, and controls — carries its own separate incentives that stack on top of envelope work. See the full rebate catalog
Utility efficiency incentives are the least understood money in New York real estate. They are not loans, not tax credits, and not a contractor promotion — they are ratepayer funds the utility is obligated to deploy.
Ratepayers, not taxpayers
New York gas utilities collect an efficiency charge on every gas bill and are required by the Public Service Commission to spend it on efficiency programs. If your building has a gas account, it has already been paying into this.
$4–$5 per sq ft
Envelope incentives are calculated on the area actually insulated — which is why roof area drives the number. Larger roofs and top-floor ceilings produce larger incentives.
Often little or nothing
On many multifamily buildings the incentive covers most or all of the envelope scope. Where a gap remains, it is quoted before any work begins — there is no surprise balance.
Budgets are annual
Program budgets are set per year and program rules and rates are revised between cycles. Work approved inside a cycle is funded at that cycle's rate.
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Gas territory, not city limits, decides which utility funds the work. National Grid serves Brooklyn, Staten Island, and southern Queens; Con Edison serves Manhattan, the Bronx, and northern Queens.
brooklyn.nyc
Brooklyn is National Grid gas territory, and its brownstones, row houses, and pre-war walk-ups are among the most rebate-eligible buildings in New York. Utility programs cover most or all of professional insulation and air sealing for buildings on an active National Grid gas account.
Brooklyn rebate guide
queens.nyc
Queens is split between two gas utilities. National Grid serves the southern half of the borough and Con Edison the northern half, so the gas account — not the address alone — decides which program applies. Both utilities run comparable insulation and air sealing incentives.
Queens rebate guide
staten-island.nyc
Staten Island is entirely National Grid gas territory, which makes it one of the most straightforward boroughs for insulation incentives — there is no utility ambiguity to resolve before a project can move.
Staten Island rebate guide
manhattan.nyc
Manhattan is Con Edison gas territory, not National Grid. National Grid incentives do not apply to Manhattan buildings — but Con Edison runs comparable insulation and air sealing programs, and the envelope scope, paperwork, and economics work the same way.
Manhattan rebate guide
bronx.nyc
The Bronx is Con Edison gas territory, so National Grid incentives do not apply here. Con Edison runs comparable multifamily insulation and air sealing programs, and the qualifying scope is effectively the same.
The Bronx rebate guide
